End Horse Slaughter in Illinois!

Pound Dog Rescue wants to pass along this important message from the Humane Society. If you will be anywhere near Springfield on either of the dates listed below, we urge you to attend...
		Lobby to Shut Down Horse Slaughter in Illinois Last week, a court ruling temporarily closed down the last operational horse slaughter plant in the country, located in DeKalb, Illinois. The horse slaughter industry is on its last legs, and now is the time to knock out this grim and ugly business once and for all. Animal Protection Lobby Days at the State Capitol in Springfield. The Humane Society of the United States is hosting two free Animal Protection Lobby Days at the State Capitol in Springfield on April 18 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and April 19 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Click here for event details and to R.S.V.P. Contact your state representative. Whether or not you can attend these events, please be sure to call and then email your state representative, to urge a vote in support of H.B. 1711 and ending horse slaughter permanently in Illinois. Making a call is easy. A staff member will take your call and pass your message to your legislator. All you have to say is: "Hello, my name is [your name] and I am calling from [your city]. I strongly support H.B. 1711, legislation to ban horse slaughter in Illinois. Horses hold a special place in American history and should not be slaughtered for export to France and other countries for human consumption. It's time to end this grisly practice and I hope [legislator's name] will support a ban on horse slaughter. Thank you." After you make your call, click here to send a follow-up email supporting a ban on horse slaughter in Illinois. Each year, more than 100,000 horses are slaughtered in the United States for diners in Europe and Japan. You can stop this cruelty. Please tell your friends and family in Illinois how they can help bring an end to this gruesome practice once and for all. Thank you for taking action on this important legislation, and for all you do for animals. Sincerely, Wayne Pacelle President & CEO The Humane Society of the United States

Cheeta Celebrates 75th Birthday!

Cheeta, the chimpanzee who starred in his first Tarzan film with Johnny Weissmuller in 1934, celebrated his 75th birthday on Monday. He is thought to be the world's oldest chimp, and has spent the last 16 years in retirement in Palm Springs, California , at the primate sanctuary named in his honor, Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes. He lives with his "owner and trainer", Dan Westfall. If you want more information on the sanctuary or are interested in obtaining one of Cheeta's works of "Ape-Stract Art", you can visit the C.H.E.E.T.A. Primate Sancturary website. More photos of the celebration can be found here.

Uma and Bean

we are Uma & Bean, and besides the many talents that are attributed to canines, we blog. so welcome all of our doggie friends, human & otherwise..... besides the usual sit, stay, fetch, we help with all aspects of Pound Dog Rescue, a small no-kill rescue for canines. yes, help is on the way, it's Uma & Bean........as you can tell from the the picture, I'm the pretty black dog longing for an afternoon nap. Bean, on the other hand is alert, as usual. most likely due to his breed, a french Pointer/American Bulldog cross. doesn't make for a balance, but who is......most the time I just allow him to believe he's just fine. we were both orphaned until and met about the same time & about the same age. picked up by Pound Dog Rescue & luckily escaped the Pet Adoption. YEAH! since then we have taken adminstrative duties with Pound Dog Rescue such as worrying, worrying, and of course, worrying. more about that later. but this usually manifest itself as eating disorders, i.e. eating everything off the floor, eating string that gets caught you know where, and finding mom's glasses, they don't fit right till we chew on them a bit....leads to alot of stomach problems. we need to put on the ole thinking caps cause somewhere out there is future adopters that need to meet the doggies that are looking for their big COMFY couch. you know, can't help but worry about the doggies that need homes. you'll have to have you meet some them soon! until then it's Bow Wowwwwwwwwwwww.

A Blog Reborn!

Pound Dog Rescue has been around for some time now, and this weblog was planned from the very beginning, but just didn't get off the ground...an idea whose time hadn't come (yet). Now interest has revived and it looks like there will be posts by others, as well as myself. Keep watching, and keep your fingers crossed!

If you think you would like to be added to our author list, please contact us at our blog email:
pounddogrescue@gmail.com and let us know a little about what you want to do...

You may also check out the original Pound Dog Rescue website at http://www.pounddogrescue.org and get a better idea of what we are about.